| Project Id |
3367 |
| Project Name |
Fort Vechten, Netherlands |
| Description |
Fort Vechten is part of the 85 km long "New Dutch Waterline defence system" from the 19th century, which has been revitalised for various cultural, educational and leisure purposes. Previously overgrown and forgotten heritage is today the largest national monument in the Netherlands. The site is owned by the state forestry department, which wanted to maintain the natural habitat refuge for the fauna and flora, but the local, provincial government wanted to leverage its educational potential and designate it for public space. In order to balance these two requirements, the landscape approach was chosen. The intervention cut the site transversely, therefore maintained the forest that's grown over the site on one side and peel it back, to recover the original fort infrastructure as it was in 1880 on the other side. The result is a museum whose focal point is not the didactical infrastructure but the place itself, which only implies what might have once been. |
| Description of the economic, social and environmental impacts of the project |
Fort Vechten is another example of restoration of a fortification along the New Dutch Waterlne, with the exeption of having become a reference point in the area of Utrecht for the interpretation of this kind of architecture, as well as an important venue location. It is significant for CLIC because: 1. The adaptive reuse of the building was extensive, in different steps, but in respect to the authenticity and integrity of the complex, taking design solutions to give vaue to the place; 2. The steps for the regeneration of the place were sustainable because always shared with local population, observing the use made along the years; 3. It is now a social place with a multifunctional use. 4. Also retrofitting and sustainable energy solutions were applied in the renovation, keeping in mind that adaptation should refer both to user and object |
| Web links |
https://nieuwehollandsewaterlinie.nl/en/ |
| Country |
Netherlands |
| City size |
Intermediate cities (between 50.000-1 million people) |
